Year: 2017

A “beer summit” was staged at the statehouse today to make the case that Iowa needs to raise more money for water quality initiatives. “Every beer that we do has 90 to 93 percent water in its base. Water is in the name of a lot of the beers that we make,” says Ken Broadhead, […]Powered by WPeMatico

Funerals are scheduled Wednesday morning for the two men who died in a plane crash last week in Johnson County. The single engine plane burst into flames when it crashed into a farm field near Oxford Friday afternoon, killing 70-year-old Terry Koehn of Iowa City and 56-year-old James Spicer of Cedar Rapids. Mike Brotherton is […]Powered by WPeMatico

An Iowa-born author has taken it upon herself to bring her readers stories about what she calls “The Badass Women of History.” Greer Macallister is back in her home state today to promote her latest book, “Girl in Disguise.” It’s a novel based on the true story of Kate Warne the first female Pinkerton agent […]Powered by WPeMatico

The Ministry and Operations Director of North Iowa Youth For Christ in Mason City, says the organization had several adults and kids visited since the accident Monday that left five people dead. Nick Kmoch says there’s simple advice to parents in helping their children deal with this type of tragedy. “I think the most important […]Powered by WPeMatico

The Black Hawk County Sheriff’s Department is investigating an accident that left a motorcyclist dead Monday morning. The crash occurred at a rural intersection east of Waterloo. Sheriff’s officials say 57-year-old Neil Whitesell of Dunkerton died at the scene after the motorcycle he was operating collided with a sport utility vehicle. According to deputies, the […]Powered by WPeMatico

Iowa Senator Chuck Grassley is reintroducing legislation that would ban packer ownership of livestock. Grassley, a Republican, says he’s seeing more consolidation and “vertical integration” in the livestock industry which will ultimately hurt farmers and consumers. “When four companies control 76% of all the slaughter, there’s not much competition,” Grassley says, “and particularly that competition […]Powered by WPeMatico

Mason City police have released the names of the five people killed in a Monday morning car accident. According to the Mason City Police Department, the driver of the vehicle, 20-year-old Zachary Wolf Hartley of Mason City along with passengers 17-year-old Donte William Foster of Mason City; 16-year-old Roderick Lemeual Lewis of Mason City; 14-year-old […]Powered by WPeMatico

The Iowa legislature is sending Governor Branstad a bill that would let police pull vehicles over if they suspect the driver is texting or using a cell phone to generate video for things like Snapchat or Facebook live. Representative Gary Worthan, a Republican from Storm Lake, says that means texting while driving will become a “primary” […]Powered by WPeMatico